12/31/2011

History




回望我在最初遇過甚麼。


難以相信一年又過了。
還清楚記得去年今天,左眼眼蓋離奇的腫起來,一月一日晚上開始上吐下瀉... 想起就怕了。
自那次住醫院後,我便經常提醒自己要好好注意健康。
雖然我還是沒怎麼做過運動,但飲食上的確有調節過。
現在我盡量都不會喝凍飲,每天午飯前吃個水果,這年真的比以往少了傷風感冒。

健康顧好了,但生活還是有無數跟生病一樣痛苦的難題。
那個令人傷痛的事實,在這年結束之前我終於接受了。
復元需要時間,我會慢慢來。
頭腦也得清醒,絕不可以再讓這件事掩蓋生活中其他美麗的色彩。
或者人生就是這樣,充斥着許多讓人始料不及的大小事情,還有一個個轉捩點。
未走到最後總不會知道結果是好是壞,向前走就好。

縱然今年是不太愉快的一年,但還是有值得記住的快樂時刻。
遇上了很多很多人,不論是面對面還是在網絡上認識的,在香港的或是在外地的。
相信word of mouth的人如我,因為這些人而在這年裏看了些電影,讀了些書,聽了些音樂,到了些地方,得到了不少啟發。
我覺得能夠遇上讓我感到自己什麼都不懂的人,真的很幸運。
認真回想一下,這年的一些奇遇真的很難得,我會珍惜我的運氣。

不為2012定下任何resolutions了。
經過今年的改變和衝擊,面對不同事情的心態跟以前不再一樣。
唯一希望的是自己能繼續抱着胡亂結識朋友的精神,感動別人和被別人感動。
知道在哪兒能找到溫暖,我就朝着那個方向前進。

傳聞世界末日會在2012來臨。
我跟朋友說,假如這是真的(雖然我們都不太相信),那不如趁一切消失之前甚麼都試試吧。
至於要做什麼,我暫時還沒有想到,
但機會來了的時候我想我會記得自己說過這句話,然後付諸實行。

不倒數了,晚安啦2011。

12/23/2011

I wish you love


Is everybody enjoying Christmas break so far? Not trying to spoil anyone's jolly mood, yet for some reasons I just cannot feel the fun at all this year. I know this sounds terrible, but something bad has happened to me right before this Christmas and no matter how much chocolate I eat it just wouldn't heal. While I'm going through this tough time, I still would like to wish you all a very warm and blissful holiday by sharing with you my favorite Christmas playlist. I never grow out of love with these songs. Do let me know your Christmas music picks in the comments section.


Merry Christmas, with lots and lots of love.

12/21/2011

Shell



























食量飄忽是個警號。不對勁了。

以前總是無法理解那些看起來很情緒化的人,
見到他們每天更新的status都是對世界滿懷怨恨的,我不明所以,甚至覺得他們太誇張,在搏別人同情,看到就反感。
他們怎麼可能長期處於失落的狀態?曾經我會這樣問。

原來,我想得太簡單。
不經不覺,這種愁緒已經跟着我一年時間,到這一刻依然擺脫不了。
自從那件世上最醜陋的事情發生以後,我變了,變得連我也會討厭自己。
我承認向來理想化的我對很多人和事都已無法再相信。

有許多人只不過在乎表面。
這是我從今年所發生的事情中得到的其中一個最深刻的體會。
我沒有資格批評別人,因為我自己也沒兩樣。
我何嘗不是在意別人的目光,所以甚麼都沒對別人說?
於是我繼續如常生活,裝作若無其事。 漸漸的,偽裝成為了一個習慣。
我不喜歡虛偽的人,但我又無法阻止自己成為他們的一分子。
結果是,面對着自己最親的朋友,也不能坦誠的說話。

然而,我欺騙的不只是身邊的人,還有自己。
我試着讓自己忘記傷痛,不斷的去玩去吃去瘋狂,最終也沒有達到療傷的效果。
快樂與否,只有獨自在街上走路,或是躺臥在床上,或是洗澡的時候,才會真正的意識得到。
可以選擇的話,我都寧願一個人。
沒有任何包袱,又不怕自己的負能量會傳給別人。
我需要安安靜靜的。

打這一篇的時候,心裏還是隱隱作痛,思緒仍然十分混亂。
回不去了,從前的那個我。
今年流過的眼淚多得有幾年加起來的份量。
當一切你最相信的都幻滅了,多做甚麼也無法補救。
是的,我變得脆弱了,細微如一個眼神,一下呼喝,一句歌詞也足以令我久鬱不歡,也愈來愈容易無名火起。
但同時,我又變得強了。經歷過這件事,以後再也沒有甚麼能夠更傷我的心。
失戀,考不進大學,世界末日,震撼程度都不會及得上這件事。 電影情節都不及我在現實中所遇到的荒謬。
或者其實我沒有變強,而是變得麻木了。

這樣一篇文章是會令人生厭的。
我知道,所以我在這邊寫,因為這裏有屬於我自己的步伐。
雖然生活變得渾渾噩噩了,但我體內僅餘的樂觀因子還是鼓勵着我繼續尋找溫暖。
也許他們不曾為意,但他們確實是最近讓我感到平靜和快樂的人,謝謝你們。

12/17/2011

Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions


Thank God it's Christmas break. My workload last week was completely insane. In the past seven years of my secondary school life I have never ever had so much essays to finish in a week. I guess I've been using Words too often these days that some days ago I ummm, mistook its icon as Google Chrome's. So I know this holiday is not supposed to be so much fun and that it should be dedicated to revision. Still, I'll be allowing myself to do things that I love and meet people I love. Just CANNOT WAIT to see my favorite bunch next week! Almost everybody has returned home :-) For now, let me do this tagging game as I've been tagged by Joy, one of my favorite bloggers who inspire a lot.

Rules:
1. You must post these rules.
2. Each per­son must post 11 things about them­selves on their blog.

3. Answer the ques­tions the tag­ger set for you in their post, and cre­ate 11 new ques­tions for the peo­ple you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 11 peo­ple to tag and link them on the post.5. Go to their page and tell them you have linked him or her.
6. No tag backs.
7. No stuff in the tag­ging sec­tion about ‘you are tagged if you are read­ing this.’ You legit­i­mately have to tag 11 people.

Rebel. Since there isn't any curse for not sticking to these rules, I'm gonna break some. Haha! The fact is that I don't have much blogger friends so I'm not tagging anybody. I'll still create 11 questions though. Anyone who read them by chance could answer any of them in the comments section below or post them on their blogs.

11 Things About Myself:
  1. I never really like eating potato chips. As far as I can remember, I haven't bought myself a pack of chips since forever.
  2. I hoard all sorts of things: decorative tapes, stickers, posters, notebooks, pouches, tote bags, boxes, shopping bags and tags. What else? You name it.
  3. That contributes to the super messiness of my room. Yes, it's time to start cleaning up.
  4. I wear my Holly Golightly ring every day except on school days.
  5. I love writing and receiving postcards and letters. It makes me happy and proud to see the pile of them growing.
  6. When I was a kid, I used to think that the bass guitar produces no sounds at all. (What a joke.) It wasn't until I watched School of Rock that I know the importance of bass tunes. Respect for all bassists out there!
  7. I listen to the radio so much more than I watch the television. 
  8. I have a thing for Union Jack and polka dots.
  9. Just like how Tavi has her shrine to Hole and Courtney Love, I've got mine in my room which is dedicated to two of my favorite bands, Wildchild and flumpool
  10. Sophisticated as it might sound, my favorite colours are burgundy, turquoise and mustard yellow.
  11. I enjoy spending time on my own. I've tried going to new places/ eating/ watching a gig without anyone accompanying. I might as well go to the cinema by myself.
Questions from Joy:
  1. If you could be anyone for a day (could be fictional/historical), who would it be? 
    Definitely Audrey Hepburn. I loved her even more after I had finished reading
     Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. (It's a real nice book btw).
  2. Field Notes or Moleskines?
    Moleskines! I love using my cardboard red cahier journals.
  3. What is the last thing you ate?
    Super delicious ramen from Menya Musashi. Honestly they make the world's most delicious ramen. I visit them every time I go to Tokyo, first thing after I arrived. I'm so surprised and glad that they set up their first oversea branch here in HK.
  4. If you can be anywhere you want right now, where would it be? 
    Please throw me to Harajuku. I'm missing every street there.
  5. If you could go back in time and change any historical event, what would it be?
    I wish John Lennon had never been shot and killed 31 years ago.
  6. What is your favorite piece of clothing in your wardrobe right now?
    Oh no, this is hard. Right now it might be the red wool cardigan with gold buttons from Zara. It's very christmassy.
  7. Which would you prefer if you had to pick either one, Zara or H&M?
    Another difficult one. Zara maybe? More expensive yet better quality. Fewer outfit clashes.
  8. Morning person or night owl?
    Night owl forever. I'm the kind of person who never get things started till deadline's approaching (I always manage to meet deadlines though..), which means I've always been depriving myself from sleep. Indeed, I feel more energized at night than in the morning.
  9. What is the last thing you do before you go to bed?
    Very mundanely, checking if there're any notifications on my phone.
  10. Favorite smell in the world? (No perfumes allowed)
    I don't really have one but I do like the smell of blown candles. Weird isn't it?
  11. Most important lesson learnt in 2011?
    Ugly things happen, but embrace them. It's true when people say "whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger." 
My Questions:
  1. What are you favorite bookmarks on the web?
  2. Handwritten or typed? (Anything from assignments to letters and notes)
  3. What is your cell phone wallpaper right now?
  4. What would you do when you cannot sleep?
  5. What is your favorite lyrics?
  6. A childhood TV program you loved so much that you wish it would air again?
  7. What do you have for breakfast?
  8. Who is your muse?
  9. Do you hoard anything? If so, what is it?
  10. Where is your favorite place at school?
  11. What is your greatest music discovery of 2011?

12/06/2011

They said it changes when the sun goes down

Strolling in the breeze


































非常感謝Lomography Asia,我這個小小的blog有幸被挑選入圍,參與這次LoBlography Hong Kong Challenge
我跟其餘幾位bloggers每人獲借一部La Sardina,可以在兩星期的期限內用這部相機盡情拍照。
我們在前陣子的簡介會上以抽籤形式分配相機。
其實La Sardina這系列中的所有款式都很好看,要選一款我最喜愛的話,就是黑黃色千島格的Quadrat了。
竟然真的就讓我抽中了這個款式,好喜歡!
除此以外,我們每人更獲贈三卷菲林呢。而我抽到的三卷都是ISO 800的負片。

剛踏進十二月便忙得喘不過氣來。
對呀,學生要做的雖然只是功課和溫習,但一樣一樣加起來,工作量還真的可以很沉重,看同學們一對對黑眼圈就知道了。
但再忙也要有休息的時候,生活總需要有平衡。
於是我上星期去了一趟Detour,暫時放下課本,讓自己置身於最美好的藝術世界中。
周五的黃昏,在冬天的微涼中散步是最好不過的節目。

拿着La Sardina參觀這個展覽也為我帶來有趣的經歷。
這部沙甸魚相機吸引了一位韓國artist走過來跟我對話,說她也很喜歡toy cameras,而且擁有Holga和Lomography的Fisheye呢。









這些就是我第一回用La Sardina拍下的照片。
大概是沒有帶同Fritz the Blitz Flash和沒有好好運用B快門的緣故,大部分照片都曝光不足。
吸取經驗,拍下一卷的時候要多加留意了。

11/26/2011

currently listening: 黃玠

之前在這裏介紹過草莓救星,今回說說同樣來自風和日麗唱片的台灣男歌手—黃玠

也是因為看過呼叫音樂節才認識黃玠。
他就是一個人,帶着一把吉他和一個口琴表演。
那天,<香格里拉>第一次敲進我的心裏面,我之後才聽魏如萱(娃娃)的版本。
那真是優美得很的旋律。
夜空中北極星,迷路的人不恐懼。
歌詞就像睡不着的時候自言自語,那些說不出口的話。

我覺得黃玠寫的歌有點像盧廣仲的,題材都是生活,追求的都是簡簡單單的快樂。
他也會寫發放正能量的歌,就像<生活一堆毛>
可是他的聲線很溫柔,這就跟盧隊長的唱腔形成強烈對比了。
黃玠的曲詞和歌聲都比較含蓄,帶點害羞的感覺,靜靜的,十分適合在晚上的時候聽呀。

還記得那天encore的部分他用不標準的廣東話唱了<K歌之王>
我仍覺得未夠喉,希望他多唱幾首。
最後我買了他的兩張唱片回家慢慢回味,沒有一首讓我想跳過的歌呢。

最愛的包括他跟娃娃合唱的<25歲>,她的歌聲又是令人聽得很舒服的:



新碟中的<夢的距離>也在我的睡前playlist上:




11/19/2011

I smell love

All photos courtesy of Beams

Beams' latest campaign had really caught my eye. I saw its print ads with the above photos a couple of weeks ago. I really love the uniqueness of Japanese photography, so neat and heartwarming. And of course the brand's apparel is unquestionably beautiful (and high-priced), both menswear and womenswear. Beside this series of photos by Kotori Kawashima, the campaign also includes some short films starred by Aoi Yu the darling, an iPhone app and some other interactive elements, all relating to the subject of love. Check out the KOI WEB for more.

11/11/2011

Cause it's not a fairytale


我以為認真去做就能實現我的夢

多希望有人衝破疑惑帶我向前走
現在的我變的好懦弱

雨會下雨會停 這是不變的道理


最近的天氣跟心情一樣,反覆無常。
溫暖的陽光一下子便消失。突然間,眼前只有一片白茫茫,沒有藍色也沒有雲朵的天空。
怕冷的我也被驟降的氣溫嚇到,一感到冷冰冰就頭疼。

自己的情緒也一樣難以掌握。
上個周末儲下來的正能量只幾天便給完全消耗。
上學天很多時候都讓我感到氣餒。付出跟收穫總是不依正比。
說到底還是自己未夠努力,不能埋怨考試。
我的復原能夠還可以吧,今天冷靜下來,想通了一點。
要記住,每天都是一種練習。
我知道我自己還是在迷失,但又有什麼關係?
人沒可能每時每刻都有好心情,就算可以,我亦不願這樣過。
我們身處的這個地方叫現實世界,而不是童話世界。
我要快樂,但是我也需要傷心失望內疚憤怒。
我覺得不管什麼也有其平衡點。
我想要各種各樣的經歷,並非想煉成打不死的精神,而是覺得人生只不過是場遊戲,那不如什麼都試試。
每天處於安穩狀態的話,快樂最終會漸漸失去它本來的神奇魔力,留下一大堆平淡沒趣。
還是最相信順水推舟這一套,不論任何事,始終有天會好起來。
所以,我傷心的時候即管讓我傷心一下吧。
讓我繼續迷路,好讓我繼續摸索。
我需要這份體驗,讓我的人生變得更完整。

11/05/2011

Someday, somewhere


We believe that "networking" is sharing. People listen to (and follow) us because of our discernment and curatorial instinct. As we share our creations as well as what fascinates us, we authentically build a community of supporters that give us feedback, encouragement, and lead us to new opportunities. For this reason and more, we often (though, not always) opt for transparency over privacy. - A Manifesto For Free Radicals: Less Paperwork, Less Waiting, More Action by Scott Belsky

你相信六度分隔理論嗎?這兩三年間,遇到了很多的人和事,讓我越來越相信物以類聚這個道理。
昨天最後一次秋季旅行後,帶朋友們到太平山街過黃昏。那是我很喜歡流連的一個地方。
這次的目的是看telephone fung的個人展覽。她是我懂性以來第一個喜歡的香港插畫師。
忘記了是多少年前第一次在東Touch看到她的插畫,那時候的editorial我還保存着。有一個香水樽插畫系列至今依然很愛。
在Rat's Cave花了差不多三個小時拿着tele的真跡仔細欣賞,感覺很神奇呢。

我們慢慢翻sketchbook的同時開始閒聊起來,店長笑我們幾乎把店子當成自己的家。
然後,有趣的事情在沒有預告的情況下發生了。
店長看到我拿着的tote bag,帶點驚喜的告訴我們他有份創作袋上的print。
這種「發現」的感覺很不可思議。
而這件小小的事情足以讓我在回家路上一直微笑。
值得一提,臨離開店子時剛播着That's Where You're Wrong,超開心的,我立即要求聽畢整首歌才走。
哈,這又是讓我開心了好一會兒的小事。

走的時候,朋友問我「為何收得這麼快?」
還以為她在問為何店子這麼早關門,原來她想說的是我收風的速度。
我回答她說因為我很八卦。

我的眼球從小就被美麗的事物吸引。
如何界定美麗,我不知道,我只知我喜歡的他們和它們,即使是奇形怪狀的,騎騎呢呢的我都會覺得很美。
自小深受流行文化影響,尤其在中學時期,互聯網成為日常生活中不可或缺的一部分,很容易就能夠接觸不同種類的資訊。
之前在這裏寫過自己喜歡的東西真的有很多,凡是我認為有內涵,有質素的人或事,我都會愛上,並持續關注。
這一切好像毫無關連,但到了某天,你會發覺所有你感興趣的人和事其實是環環相扣的。
他們也在無形間成就了今天的自己。

互聯網的發達讓人花掉不少時間在電腦和手機上。
我不抗拒社交網絡,但對於該如何使用它們我是有好好考慮過的。
開首的那段節錄正好道出了我對networking的態度,就是分享,在分享的過程中能遇到志同道合的人,多開心。
如果能因為分享而遇上你仰慕的人更難得呢。
以上兩種我都體會過,那些經歷帶來的喜悅是難以形容的。
經過昨天的事,我在想,或許在未來我會再次遇上我欣賞的人,就只不過是時間的問題吧。
我分不清到底是緣份還是巧合,但能夠活在這些圈圈當中,我感到很滿足。

本來已經很喜歡我的袋子,現在更加喜歡它,
因為它有屬於自己的故事了。

(至於那篇提到networking的文章,是從一位我喜歡的雜誌編輯Irene的twitter上看到的,全文在這裏 。再次證明networking的好,哈!)

10/24/2011

Parallel universe

我最愛的就是能夠觸動心靈的事情。
過去兩個週末都看了讓我感動的作品。
那不僅是一般的感動,而是很愛很愛。兩部影片都讓我在看完之後,過了幾天還繼續留戀着。
興奮得最近幾天每遇到有同感的朋友便不禁滔滔不絕地討論起來,開始連自己也覺得自己有夠煩。
我想把我對這兩部作品的所思所想記錄下來。是時候停止回味,好好溫習和找別的話題談。



很少看電視。
在一個星期裏唯一會正正經經坐下來看一個多小時電視的就只有週日到嫲嫲家吃晚飯的時間。
我覺得星期天晚上六點多到八點這個時段的電視節目通常較有觀看價值,所以看這個份量對我來說已經很足夠,
否則我又會嫌這嫌那的批評那些不知所謂的節目。

那個星期天看到港台這個全新節目的第一集。
最初出現在螢幕上的是周仔(!),還以為他是片中的男主角。
之後才發現男女主角分別是很久沒看過的楊淇和陌生的表弟盧鎮業。
兩人的演技太好,對白一流,加上麥曦茵導演的鏡頭下一切都顯得多麼美。
我在飯桌上邊吃着餸,邊緊盯電視,這情況真罕有。
有親戚說,結局怎可能如此美好,現實中根本沒可能有這樣一個會負責任的男生。
但這並沒有影響我對這段影片的喜愛。
這個世界無奇不有,壞的人和事遍地都是。
但理想化的我總覺得好的人事也有很多,我堅信這世上有像表弟一樣有承擔的好男孩。
反正就是拍戲,也無需過分執著與考究其內容與現實的落差吧。我比較珍惜這段影片所帶給我的溫暖。
很久沒有在電視機前感到這般甜甜的,很滿足。



剛過去的星期六,跟一大班好友到戲院看<那些年,我們一起追的女孩>。
相比其他朋友,我算是對這齣電影最沒有甚麼期待的一個。
我沒有看過原著(一直想向朋友借,但朋友手中的書也不是自己的,買了書的朋友又借別人),
由暑假期間至最近幾星期的報章雜誌訪問和介紹全都沒看,
社交網站上瘋傳的預告片,音樂錄像,還有傳媒優先場的觀後感我一律避開不看。
那麼我為何想看<那些年>?
大概是因為以往台灣的小品電影都給我很好的印象,
看過的<藍色大門>、<盛夏光年>、<最遙遠的距離>、<戀愛地圖>都是令我一看難忘的電影,
感覺上<那些年>也會是這種有質素的製作(主觀得要死),便跟朋友們一起去看。

向來對太有noise的事情不太感興趣,覺得許多人都只不過是人云亦云,所以我對大家不斷的「推推推推推」沒有怎樣理會。
好了,電影看完了,太好看了!才覺得幾個月來身邊所有熱烈討論都是值得的。

其實要猜故事的內容甚至結局並不難,就是中學生活和初戀,兩小無猜無法一起走到永遠呀。
這種題材屢見不鮮,本地和國外有無數電影都是關於青春,賣情懷。
要突圍而出,便要從表達手法着手。這就是<那些年>抓得漂亮的部分。
主線當然是柯騰與沈佳宜的浪漫愛情故事,而支線就有柯騰跟幾個兄弟們的手足之情。
男女主角刻劃細緻是基本,但能令一眾配角都有如此鮮明的形象,刀大應記一功。
電影中穿插着含蓄細膩和開放狂野的情節,取了恰當的平衡,讓整體不致於太平凡呆板,又不會顯得太色情。
讓觀眾能夠享受戲中的每一幕,有大笑的,有落淚的,有邊哭邊笑的,更有讓人大聲鼓掌的。
這確是個很罕有而且很深刻的觀看電影的體會。
肯定的是我會買一本原著小說給自己收藏,也必定會購買DVD翻看無限次。

<那些年>跟我之前看過的台灣電影最大的區別,是它的簡單和輕鬆。
雖然如此,但它拍得一點也不爛。
雖然它很陽光,但我看畢後也會感到心疼疼的。

在九把刀的blog看到這段前導短片,沒有花巧技倆卻一樣窩心:


想不到<幸福的旁邊>在一週間引起了這麼大的迴響,YouTube上的hit rate在短短幾天已超過四十萬。
受歡迎的程度能媲美<那些年>呢,至少在過去這個星期。
所以說,香港還是有好的導演,好的製作班底和好的演員,能夠拍出讓人有所得着的電影呀。
我們也無需眼紅人家台灣。多點關注和支持本地的創作就是了,好東西其實就在我們左近。

最後一提,我想到了為何看完兩部影片後都難以抽離,是因為它們的配樂和主題曲!
負責製作soundtrack的人,厲害!這幾天腦海裏不停重覆着那些旋律和歌詞呢。

Watch & Listen:
幸福的旁邊 
擁抱 - 曹震豪 (幸福的旁邊 插曲)
那些年 - 胡夏 (那些年,我們一起追的女孩 電影主題曲)

10/19/2011

Bedtime story

A Choice of Three; a short story written and read by Alex Turner

In the tunnel, I noticed I had a choice of three. 
While I thought it very kind of them to offer me this, I do wonder if they realise what a dilemma they were sending to face me.
The trouble was if I looked at your reflection in the left window I missed the actual image of you and your reflection in the right.
And if I looked at the right I had the same problem but the other way around.
At first I thought I should probably settle on one of the mirrors as they were soon to disappear, but that idea quickly wilted and my attention was drawn back to the center, occasionally checking on either side.


I must say I did question the authenticity of your nap a few minutes before.
As the train left Loughborough I suspected it could have been a device to avoid conversation.
I’d barely considered this for a moment, however, when a heavy breath and a gulping sound that I decided would be too embarrassing to fake led me to conclude that your nap wasn’t fraudulent.
I found it difficult to concentrate on anything else as you slumped beneath your coat.


Delighted that we’d waited until this hour to travel so the evening sun got its opportunity to skip across those sleeping cheeks, but unnerved by the prospect of being removed from the opposing chair to yours.
I knew it was reserved, but hoped that whoever had reserved it had fallen over.
It looked as if today I’d be safe; the train wasn’t too busy, but I did take a moment to recall a time when I was less fortunate.


I remembered it with a chilling vividity we were on the way to Brighton.
I knew it was going to be his seat as soon as I saw him on the platform unzipping, checking, zipping, and re-checking things.
Something about his face suggested that he had for years had a moustache and had not long since removed it.
He wasn’t going to think twice about disposing of me, especially considering then he’d get the chance to sit with you.
Though his hiking boot-march through the carriage was rather revolting, it wasn’t this that made my hands tense up into sour claws of nausea.
It was the way he said it. “You’re in my seat.” No “excuse me,” no polite uncertainty, just the rigid, hideous fact.
The thud with which it landed expelled all my preparation.
Before I remembered my plans to pretend to be asleep, deaf, French, or only sat there because someone else was in my seat, I was walking to find another vacancy.
I ended up dwelling unhappily beside a girl with a boys bum.
I knew that because she walked too far past when she returned to one of what I thought to be two empty seats when I sat myself there.
I fidgeted until our reunion on the platform, where you brutally informed me “That man was really rather pleasant, actually.”


Today I thought I’d better make sure that couldn’t happen again and I pulled the ticket from the top of my seat.
It took a few attempts and the facade of hanging a jacket to finally complete.
I was terribly cautious.
There’s a threat of punishment for such deeds by fine as far as I understand, but those shackles were at the back of my mind as I crushed the reservation in my hidden fist.
Folding and squeezing as if it were that beast on the way to the seaside.
Fortunately, there was no retribution.
If anything the train got quieter as the journey continued.
And so in the tunnel, unable to decide, my head flicked through this trilogy of angles, angel after angle, until we were out the other side.
My frantic twitching no doubt caused the man at the adjacent table to narrow his eyes at the very least, I imagine.
I don’t know for sure.
I didn’t have time to add him to the cycle.


(A Choice of Three is a spoken word track from the album Late Night Tales: Arctic Monkeys)

10/04/2011

currently listening: 草莓救星

上月中,機緣巧合下得到Taiwan Calling呼叫音樂節的門票。我看的是第二場。
說老實話,當日除了陳珊妮和魏如萱,我從沒聽說過其餘的參與單位。
但這正正是令我想看這個音樂節的原因。
台灣的音樂,我並不太認識。
iPod的只有陳綺貞和盧廣仲。
另外一個會留意的歌手是范曉萱,我小時候喜歡她這個小魔女呀。


到呼叫音樂節,純粹想認識一下台灣的獨立樂團。
有這樣一場馬拉松式音樂會在香港舉辦,實在機會難逢。對於嚮往音樂節文化的的我來說的確是個驚喜。
那天是個很愉快的體驗。從下午到晚上,我就在許多陌生的音樂之中找尋合自己口味的旋律。
其中一項收穫是六人樂團草莓救星We Save Strawberries)。



欣賞過以下這首歌曲的現場演繹,我二話不說便買下他們的唱片。
這明顯是向The Carpenters致敬的作品。
喜歡他們並非把The End Of The World作個徹底的Cover,而是來個重新包裝,令它變得多麼悽美。
既有樂隊的風格元素,又能令聽者這想起這首經典,這種感覺很特別。

9/18/2011

Make no mistake, no.




They made it far too easy to believe
that true romance can't be achieved these days. 

And even if somehow they could have shown you the place you wanted,
Well I'm sure you could have made it that bit better own your own.


9/11/2011

15th July




This would be the song:
年月日分秒某人某地

Poster designed by Russell Ford Movies.

8/30/2011

It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll


TELEX.
I'm so so proud of you girl.

Click here to learn more about the band.

8/29/2011

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